Homemade Vanilla Extract | Video

This Holiday, Give the Gift of Homemade Vanilla Extract

This Christmas, give your beloved friends and family a thoughtful, inexpensive gift that'll keep on giving in the months to come: made-from-scratch vanilla extract. This recipe, which calls for only two ingredients and less than five minutes of prep, isn't just functional — it's also pretty and long-lasting. Watch the video to find out how to prolong the life of your homemade vanilla extract and how to package it as a beautiful gift for the holidays.

I just split some vanilla beans, and put them in vodka. I think I use 3 beans to 12 ounces of vodka. I wouldn't be surprised if there were other recipes on the web. :-)

14 weeks

I have no speakers on this computer so watching/listening to a video for the recipe is something I cannot do. It would have been nice to have a printable recipe but even that is not available. This was a total waste of my time.

After you scrape the seeds out of the pods, you can use the empty bean to make vanilla sugar! Just add the bean to a jar of white sugar and shake! It will make any tea or coffee that much more delicious!